Facts and statistics

FACTS & STATISTICS

Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean

Capital: Canberra

Climate: generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north

Population: 19,913,144 (July 2004 est.)

Ethnic Make-up: Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%

Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%, other 12.6%

Government: democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign.

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